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Under the gun from feds, the Allegheny County jail sped its years of slow progress on medications for opioid use disorder. People in its custody, doctors and advocates say the jail’s process, though, could undermine recovery.

Also, Jerome Maynor, a street outreach worker for Central Outreach Wellness Center, describes his time detoxing in the jail.

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Need Suboxone at the Allegheny County Jail? Get up at 3 a.m.

Jail officials and County Executive Sara Innamorato say they're working to hire more staff, with the goal of moving the jail's Suboxone medication pass off of the overnight shift.

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Millions of dollars that the county collects in relation to its air pollution regulations sit unspent while area air fails to meet standards, Controller Corey O’Connor contends in a recent audit. The county executive pledges to work with communities on air quality.

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